3 ,Booke. Cafes of Confcience~ 14i thine aim'!, la not fflJ lift hand /:..•"" >Phat tl!] A thy fclfe, and the courfe of thy life, andlet right h~nddoth. .:.. rhme iniu(licc becurned intoiufbce, rhycru~ Fourthly, we muflgiueinlonc. I.Cor.• J·l· e)ty into mercy. Though 1Jred~ flu pom "'i!~ df!""'J. goqds, &c. O <!iecl..Il I. M.k} !'" (ricndmitbthe ri· ·ml?J httffttm foue,it profitetb menot7ung. , c~es of;»lqmfie,thnt wbett ye /h~tllw~nt ,lhlj ma] p 1 fiJy;mi~J!.cc., For••e moltnotgiueot~e.r rmittcJ-~(ljnto cucrl.j/ing habiratiom,Lub<i. 9 • ri)ensgoo.ds;.bui_Ot)rownetruelygotten.Ef~. Anfw. Receiuing here mentioned, is not 5 s. 7 ,TIJ.crrt(c.f4 fih!g is,tobrc~lbmcopmbh:ad in regard ofmerit,as though a man could<letotf 1 e_hHn[,rJ, to bring the po~rcth11t wandtr, mto fcruclt bygiumg almes, but cirher by way of thincow~chou(c,g·c. : . 0 ,,,_.. . . heattie prayers made by the poorc, thatthey · Sixtly,with a bountifull andcb~ar,fullmmd. may bee receiued, orcl(epecau[e their almes z.Cor. 9 . 7 . Auucry manwi[lu thi1his h..rr,(o Otall bee vmo them a pledge and earneO< of let himgiu~,notgrudging!y,orofnccrffiiJ :for God their rcceiuing Into Gods kingdome.' !&• .L formha chc•rifullgtUer. Our a!rues mut! not Obtecl.IV. Prou. ~Cj.6.BJmm;and truth, ' lie'exrorred, but frankc and free. And hence iniquity is rcdcm"d. · 'itfollowes,tharrhercoughttobenobcgging Apfw. '· Salomonsmcanihg is, that by from doore to doore, in a Chri!lisn Corn- B God, goodncs, and not.ours, iniquity is parmonwealth. For \IJat O!Cwes, that men p._,t doned. z. If by OJercy,ts meant mano mer- .withtheir almes, of aniggardJyand c<>mpefcy, then are wee tp vndcrlland itthus·: that ledminde. Andthu•muchof,thcRemedte. mercy and truth areeuident fignesvnto vs .. thatour finnes areforgiuen, andnotthe wor• Scfl. 2. , k111g caufcsofremii!Jon. In thenext plocefoJlow~tjJthe fruit ofthe Obiect V.Luk.14.•4-Andthou(whi<:!.giRcrnedie,in thcfe words, And aU1hingsfb.al(bc, uell releefe) {halt be blcJfed,,bccaufe they Clmnot ,/et?ne vntoyo11. c. ·r rccompmc4 (h..u:rhcrefore almes do merit. Here 6rfll will fpeakcofth~falfe,andthcn Anf. When God promi!eth reward to the · ofthe true and right fruit ofLiberality. ,, giuing of a!tttes, the promifc is ·nor madeto . The faJ(etrwt isth!S, tlJ;It giu!ng ofaimes the worke,buttothe ••orker, and that·not'for · doth merit for~luene!fcoffinne, and f.ris6e the merit ofhis perfon, orworke, but oocly the tull1ceofCod ;forrhe temporail punilh· for ChriU hi• fake, inwhome heis, by whofe ment rhercof.That we may the better(cethe mcaneshe flands rcaoncilcd vnroGod. And errour of this doctrine, I will anC.ver the arfo men th>t pract1fe charitie in gining of gumcnts alleadged in defence thereof. C almes,arc rewarded with bklfedne!le, not for Obiect. I. T be firfl is framed out of this their almcs, but accqrding to themercy of tcxc)chatgiuing ofalme:; mak,.esnltthir.gs c/egne God in Chrift. vnrovs,Luk.11.41, . Now followeththcright fruit of almes-giAnf. We muflvndetUand thctextthus: umg:and 11 flands mfoure things. - If wee rerurnero God,befeeuein Chrifl,and F1rfl, rhcy are rheway, in which wee mufl leaueall our finncs,then are weclcanc,andall walke to life eucrlafling.Ifay theway,not the ourachons, and confequcntly ouralmes-gicau[eeitherof l•fe, or any other good tliing, uing Otall beeclcanevnro vs. for to the pure that God bath pr~omifed. · · all thmgs arc pure. Now almes and other Sccondly,theyarecffectsandfruitsofour things, ar,'e then fa id to becleane vnto a man, f•irh: yea the/ignes andLeales of Godo merwhen hee beeing himfelfe pure, makcrh and ,ietovs in Chnft. To th" purpofeS.Paul wihatha purcvfcofthem. OrcthTimothie, z.7im.<i.l7,t.8,.I9. to.charge Obiect.I I. Dan.4.14.Rcdmne thy finn'l, them that bee rich in.thi~ 111orld,that they doe bygiui"!. ofalmeJ. good,ttndbe ricb ingood JFQr.k£s,atJdb·crta4J todi. Anf.Thjs place m•kcthagainll the Papifls: fl,ibute, la]ingvp sn /fo~c,fo.rt}mnfdues a·good fqr by finnu, the ProphetvnderUandeth both D formdatio~,agawftthelirnuvcomc,thal lhtyma; the .~uilr,and alfo the puni(hment. Whereas •btamcqurnal/lifc. N<\w where is this foundathey affirmc)that rbeguiltuf fir1necannot be ttontobee laid vp? notin heauen, foK:_thac is redecmCd, but by ChrL(\ alone,and man one· impoifible for vs,and it is laid vp for vs tHere ly is ro fatio6e fort be temporal! puniOtment already by Chrill ;but in ourowne mnfcicnof finne.Secondly,thcword wh1ch they rran· ccsjand that is our arfurancc of Gods fauour Date redume, dort1 proper fignifie (as it 1s in mthisworld, a~d l1fc euerlaftmgmrheworld theChaldc paraphrafe)tobre•('•ff. A"frhe to come:of" h1ch alfutance, this and oth<r Prophet lbnuldhaue faid, thouarr, 0 Kmg, good workcs,are!ignesandfeales vnto vr. ' a m1ghry Mo.n~rch,and rhou ha!.l vfcd much Th~rdly,almescomesin rheway ofrefliruiniuflice and cruelt1e: therefore nuw repcor cion of rhofc goods that hauebeenegotten thy fclfe, arid brcake o!f the cour(c of rhy fraudulrntfy,tllough from whollle wee know finncs, and tdtifie thy repentance, by doing net. Thus Zaccb~us at h1s conu~rfion,' for ioO:ic<",a~dgiuingalmes rothe poo(elwhom wrongs tba.chcc had done, bee knew nor to thou hall oppre!fed: thirdly,thc word in the whome, gauc halfa his g<>ods.to the poore, auncicnt Latinc tranflations, Cignificth to a- &proclaimed relhttJtlon torhofc that co.uld ":end; and chcn it bcaret.h this{cnfe ; ~mend come fOrth, and c~alenge him. • ~ N 2-----.- - Lallly,'
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